Poetry comes out of an elite experience, the experience of people whose ears are opened to the song of the universe.

It's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.

The ground of being is the ground of our being, and when we simply turn outward, we see all of these little problems here and there. But, if we look inward, we see that we are the source of them all.

Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and door will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

Men sometimes confess they love war because it puts them in touch with the experience of being alive. In going to the office every day, you don't get that experience, but suddenly in war, you are ripped back into being alive. Life is pain; life is suffering; and life is horror - but, by God, you are alive.

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)

Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.